Churn.



No. 649,557. Patented May l5, |900..

W. SMITH.

CHURN.

1Application led Apg. 18,v 1899.)

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WILLIAM SMITH, OF SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,557, dated May 15,1900.

Application tiled August 16, 1899. Serial No. 727,360. (N0 modell) T0@ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SMITH, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Springdale, in the county of Vashington and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns,of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a churn; and it consists of a churn proper, mechanicalmeans for rapidly and easily operating the dasher, and means for holdingthe lid down.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of myinvention, showing the position of the mechanism when the dasher hasbeen thrown to the top of the churn. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewshowing the position of the mechanism when the dasher is down. Figs. 3,4, 5, 6, and 7 are detail views of the parts of a mechanical mechanismoperating the churn-dasher.

My invention is described as follows:

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is an upright provided with a base 2,secured on an additional base 2', or it may be secured on the floor orother substantial place.

3 is a brace for bracing the upright. To the upright is secured abearing 4, to which is pivoted arm 5.

7 is the churn, and operating in said churn isa dasher represented bythe dotted lines 8. Secured to the dasher and extending upwardly is adasher-rod 9, its upper end being provided with perforations 10. Saidrod passes through the vertical slot 11, Fig. 6, in the free end of thearm 5. Said eXtreme end of said arm is also provided with horizontalslots 12, and a pin 13 is secured in one of the perforations 10, itsends protruding through the slots 12. This slot is to allow play for thedasher-rod 9; but I may do away with the slot and put the pin through asimple augerhole.

To the face and to the upper end of the upright 1 are horizontallysecured two beams 14 and 15, their straight edges facing each other andsituated far enough apart to leave between them a slot or depression 16,and between these two beams and adapted to play back and forthhorizontally in said recess is a block 17. To this block 17 is pivotednot far from its center a lever 18, provided with perforations 19,through which may be inserted a pin for a handhold, or by means of saidperforations any convenient handheld may be attached to said lever. Thislever may be longer or shorter, as circumstances may re-' quire. Thelower end of this lever 18 is piv oted to the oscillating arm 5 a shortdistance from its rear end, so that when the upper end of the lever 18is moved back and forth the free end of said oscillating arm is therebycaused to move up and down, and thus op# erate the churn-dasher. To theface of the beam 14 is secured a guide 2O by means of bolts 21, leavingbetween said guide and the beam 14 a slot 22 for the said lever 18 toplay back and forth in. To the upper end of the upright 1 is secured acurved guide-piece 24, and to the rear side of lever 18 is secured a.guide-piece 25, (see Fig. 7,) which works over the vupper and circularedge of piece 24. The

lever 18 may be kept in place by either guide 2O or piece 24 and guide25, or by both.

A spring-rod 6 works between upright 1, bearing 4, and guide 23, i-tsrear end above pin 25, and its front end below pin 26. The small end ofthis arm rests on the lid of the churn 7 to keep it down.

To the face of the upright 1 is secured the guide 23, between which andthe upright 1 plays the arm 5.

Having described ,my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The combination of the uprightl; bear ing 4, secured to the saidupright; beams 14 and 15, secured to the upper end of said upright,having between them a recess 16, slida ing block 17, adapted to moveback and forth in said recess; oscillating arm 5, one end pivoted tobearing 4, its free end carrying the dasher-rod 9; lever 18, pivoted toblock 17, and oscillating arm 5; dasher-rod 9, provided withperfor-ations 10, said rod secured to the free end of arm 5; saidmechanism adapted to move the dasher up and down in the churnpail,substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of upright 1; bearing 4, secured to the said upright,guide 23, beams 14 and 15, secured to the upper end of said upright,having between them a recess 16; sliding block 17 adapted to move backand forthin said recess; oscillatin g arm 5, one end IOO pivoted tobearing` 4,l its free end pivotedy to dasher-rod 9; lever 418, pivotedto block 17, and oscillating arm 5; dasher-rod 9, its lower end securedto dasher 8; sliding rod 6, working between bearing 4, upright 1, andguide 23 and adapted to hold down the lid of theV vsaid recess;oscillating arm 5, one end pivoted to bearing 4, its other end todasher-rod 9; lever 18 pivoted to block 17, and oscillating arm 5;curved piece 24, secured to the upper end of upright 1; guide 25 securedto beam 18 and adapted to work over the top of the curved piece 24;dasher-handle 9, its lower end secured to dasher 8; spring-rod 6,working between bearing 4, upright 1 and, guide 23 and adapted to holddown the lid of the churn, said mechanism adapted to move Vthe dasher upand down in the churn-pail, substantially as shownand described and forthe purposes set forth. `VIn testimony whereof I affix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM SMITH.

NVitnesses:

HARVEY ERNEST,

DAVID J. BISHOP.

